Green Bay Packers Activate Pass Rushing Extraordinaire Za'Darius Smith

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Green Bay Packers sab nraum linebacker Za'Darius Smith, uas tsis tau ua si txij li Lub Limtiam 1 vim raug mob nraub qaum, tau qhib los ntawm cov npe raug mob rau hnub Friday. Cov Packers kuj tau qhib cov qub tub rog sab nraud tus neeg tawm tsam Whitney Mercilus thiab tso tawm cov neeg tiv thaiv Jack Heflin thiab kaum rov qab Isaac Yiadom.

Smith tuaj yeem muab cov Packers 'pass nrawm nrawm thaum lawv tuav San Francisco hauv NFC kev sib faib kev ua si hnub Saturday thaum 7:15 teev tsaus ntuj

"Koj tsis tuaj yeem muaj ntau tus neeg caij tsheb hla dhau," Packers sab nraum linebacker Preston Smith tau hais ua ntej lub lim tiam no. "Qhov ntau riam phom uas peb muaj rau kev tiv thaiv, qhov txiaj ntsig zoo dua, qhov zoo dua peb tuaj yeem pab cov txiaj ntsig tau rau peb ua pab pawg thiab pab pawg."

Smith tsuas yog ua si 18 snaps tawm tsam New Orleans hauv Lub Limtiam 1, tom qab ntawd tau rov qab phais rau qhov teeb meem uas cuam tshuam nws thaum lub sijhawm kev cob qhia. Yog tias Smith yog ib yam dab tsi zoo li tus neeg ua si uas nws tau ua rau Green Bay xyoo 2019-20, txawm li cas los xij, Packers tuaj yeem tau txais lub nqa loj loj hnub Saturday tsaus ntuj.

Smith tau kos npe rau plaub xyoos, $ 66 lab tus neeg sawv cev pub dawb nrog Green Bay thaum Lub Peb Hlis, 2019, tom qab ntawd tau txais txhua feem ntawm nws cov nyiaj nws thawj ob lub caij nyoog los ntawm kev tshaj tawm 26.0 sacks.

Hauv 2019 - Smith thawj zaug hauv Green Bay - nws tau coj NFL nrog 93 qhov kev nyuaj siab thiab khi rau cov pab koomtes nrog 37 qhov sib tw rov qab. Nws kuj tau ntxiv 13.5 sackles, 17 tackles rau poob thiab dhau los ua lub ntsiab lus tseem ceeb rau kev tawm tsam tiv thaiv raws li lub xyoo dhau mus.

Smith muaj 12.5 sacks thiab yuam plaub fumbles nyob rau hauv 2020. Nws kuj ranked 10^th nyob rau hauv cov pab koomtes nrog 23 lub quarterback hits xyoo tas los, coj cov Packers nyob rau hauv turnover ua si nrog rau rau thiab tau muab npe rau lub Pro Bowl.

Smith's 26.0 sacks nyob rau hauv nws thawj ob lub caij yog ntau tshaj li ib tug Packer nyob rau hauv keeb kwm thiab khi rau peb feem ntau nyob rau hauv pab koomtes nyob rau hauv uas stretch.

"Nws yog tus neeg ncaws pob zoo thiab nws tsim khoom rau peb," Packers tus kws qhia Matt LaFleur tau hais rau lub caij dhau los. "Tab sis nws yog ib tus neeg txhawb siab, tus neeg txhawb siab, thiab nws coj cov kua txiv hmab txiv ntoo thiab lub zog ntau."

Smith qhov rov qab los muab Green Bay sib cav tias NFL qhov zoo tshaj plaws trio ntawm kev sib tw rushers.

Rashan Gary, uas hloov Smith nyob rau hauv lub lineup, muaj ib tug breakout xyoo nrog pab neeg-siab 9.5 sackles, yim tackles rau poob, ob yuam fumbles thiab 47 tackles. Preston Smith ntxiv 9.0 sackles, muaj cuaj tackles rau poob, ob yuam fumbles, ob tug tiv thaiv thiab 38 tackles.

Mercilus, uas tau kos npe nrog Green Bay thaum Lub Kaum Hli, rub nws sab laug biceps thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 14 thiab xav tias yuav nco lub xyoo tas los. Mercilus, thawj qhov kev xaiv ib puag ncig hauv xyoo 2012, muaj 58.0 lub hnab ua haujlwm.

"Leej twg lawv xav tau ob npaug, peb ib tus - qee tus yuav tau txais ntau dua," Packers qhov ntswg tackle Kenny Clark tau hais. "Thiab yog leej twg, peb yuav tsum muaj peev xwm coj kom zoo dua ntawm lawv."